News
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Placebos work with the wise and wary
Thursday | Oct 20 2016A PAPER published in the journal Pain has revealed that a group of people who knowingly took placebos still reported a 30% reduction in their lower back pain.
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CHF concern over ABS
Thursday | Oct 20 2016THE Consumers Health Forum of Australia has raised concerns about reports that the Australian Bureau of Statistics is considering cutting its Patient Experience Survey.
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New PBS IT system
Thursday | Oct 20 2016THE federal government yesterday announced it would replace Australia's existing health and aged care payments IT system, with health minister Sussan Ley saying the current software is "30 years old and is now obsolete".
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Dengue vaccine push
Thursday | Oct 20 2016SUN Pharma has announced a collaboration with the International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB) to develop a dengue vaccine based on a tailored recombinant virus-like-particle (VLP) tetravalent prototype.
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Trial program “slow rollout”
Thursday | Oct 20 2016PHARMACY Guild executive director David Quilty says community pharmacies are "increasingly concerned about the slow rollout of the $50 million Pharmacy Trial Program (PTP)".
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Alliance partners with MPS
Thursday | Oct 20 2016PHARMACY Alliance will take advantage of MPS automated medication management systems in a new partnership aimed at cutting time spent on manual packing.
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API profit surges to $51m
Thursday | Oct 20 2016AUSTRALIAN Pharmaceutical Industries this morning released its financial results for the year to 31 Aug, with a healthy 18% increase in underlying net profit after tax to $51.4 million.
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Adult NIP Zostervax
Thursday | Oct 20 2016THE first adult addition to the National Immunisation Program (NIP) in a decade, Zostervax, marketed in Australia by CSL's vaccine arm Seqirus, has been announced by the Department of Health.
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New Strollerbuddy Drink Holder from Dreambaby
Wednesday | Oct 19 2016THE new Dreambaby Strollerbuddy Drink Holder is perfect to carry water bottles, sports drinks, sippy cups or other cool beverages within reach while pushing the baby's stroller.
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New Blooms CoQ10 150 AquaCelle Enhanced
Wednesday | Oct 19 2016BLOOMS Health Products has announced its CoQ10 150 AquaCelle Enhanced, which it says uses Australian-first AquaCelle lipid-based technology to improve CoQ10 absorption by 460% compared with standard oil-based CoQ10 products.